How to get your toddler to eat?

I am seriously having the hardest time getting Antony to eat! Every night he does NOT want to eat dinner, no matter what I make! I feel so terrible because I feel like he goes to bed hungry and I am SO out of ideas and patience.

I want him to eat healthy. The only veggie he will eat is spinach. Everything else he refuses. He loves fruits. But my parents feed him absolute crap when they watch him!

Any tips?

I am seriously having the hardest time getting Antony to eat! Every night he does NOT want to eat dinner, no matter what I make! I feel so terrible because I feel like he goes to bed hungry and I am SO out of ideas and patience.

I want him to eat healthy. The only veggie he will eat is spinach. Everything else he refuses. He loves fruits. But my parents feed him absolute crap when they watch him!

I have a 2 year old little boy. Every single time we went to feed him after he turned 18 months he would not eat. So what I had to start doing is talk up dinner every single day. I plan all my meals in advanced. So in the morning we get up and hunter is able to pick his breakfast. He only gets 4 choices and he knows that. Then after breakfast I tell him what we are having for lunch and tell him what we are having for dinner. Threw out the day I keep reminding him what is going to happen next and then he will tell me the next step. Then finally when it is time for dinner he is ready to eat what I have made. He knows what is coming and he feels he has said it so many times that he knows what it is. This makes it easier for him to eat it. He does have days where he looks at it and doesnâ€™t want it... but then i trick him and ask him if he wants some of what mommy is having, even though it is the same thing he has on his own plate. Most of the time he says yes and if he doesnâ€™t want it then he still has to wait until the rest of us are done to leave the table.

It takes a lot of time to do it this way but it is the only way that has worked for us. I do not ever sit in front of the TV and eat. But I do play toddler music the whole time during dinner because it is up beat and it makes him happy.

I have a friend who force feeds her child (and I really mean force feed, she sits on him and pushes food into his mouth) and I donâ€™t agree with it. If your child doesnâ€™t want to eat then let them go with out... they will learn that it is eat what you are given or dont eat at all.

I used to watch this 4 year old little girl who got t eat whatever she wanted when she was at home. And when she got to my house she would throw a fit because she wanted to pick what she ate. I never gave in. After she started preschool she would argue with the teacher about what was for snack and for lunch. The teacher thanked me because she knew how the parents were and knew I was the one who got the little girl to eat what was given to her. She now eats whatever she is given.

I wish you the best of luck! Getting kids to eat is the hardest thing at this age. Just keep your head up and never stop trying. One day you will look back and remember what it was like when you were going threw this.

I have a 2 year old little boy. Every single time we went to feed him after he turned 18 months he would not eat. So what I had to start doing is talk up dinner every single day. I plan all my meals in advanced. So in the morning we get up and hunter is able to pick his breakfast. He only gets 4 choices and he knows that. Then after breakfast I tell him what we are having for lunch and tell him what we are having for dinner. Threw out the day I keep reminding him what is going to happen next and then he will tell me the next step. Then finally when it is time for dinner he is ready to eat what I have made. He knows what is coming and he feels he has said it so many times that he knows what it is. This makes it easier for him to eat it. He does have days where he looks at it and doesnâ€™t want it... but then i trick him and ask him if he wants some of what mommy is having, even though it is the same thing he has on his own plate. Most of the time he says yes and if he doesnâ€™t want it then he still has to wait until the rest of us are done to leave the table.

It takes a lot of time to do it this way but it is the only way that has worked for us. I do not ever sit in front of the TV and eat. But I do play toddler music the whole time during dinner because it is up beat and it makes him happy.

I have a friend who force feeds her child (and I really mean force feed, she sits on him and pushes food into his mouth) and I donâ€™t agree with it. If your child doesnâ€™t want to eat then let them go with out... they will learn that it is eat what you are given or dont eat at all.

I used to watch this 4 year old little girl who got t eat whatever she wanted when she was at home. And when she got to my house she would throw a fit because she wanted to pick what she ate. I never gave in. After she started preschool she would argue with the teacher about what was for snack and for lunch. The teacher thanked me because she knew how the parents were and knew I was the one who got the little girl to eat what was given to her. She now eats whatever she is given.

I wish you the best of luck! Getting kids to eat is the hardest thing at this age. Just keep your head up and never stop trying. One day you will look back and remember what it was like when you were going threw this.

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We have so been having the same problem. I discoved Anthony does not want to be fed, at all. Over the past 2 days, every meal has been finger foods. And he's eaten each meal like a champ!! Hopefully this'll keep up.

We have so been having the same problem. I discoved Anthony does not want to be fed, at all. Over the past 2 days, every meal has been finger foods. And he's eaten each meal like a champ!! Hopefully this'll keep up.

Anna is the same way. I don't force her to eat if she doesn't want to. Today she has decided she doesn't want lunch. That's fine, she must not be hungry. I just make sure I offer her some healthy snacks throughout the day..like yogurt, fruit...etc.

Anna is the same way. I don't force her to eat if she doesn't want to. Today she has decided she doesn't want lunch. That's fine, she must not be hungry. I just make sure I offer her some healthy snacks throughout the day..like yogurt, fruit...etc.

We have tried "bargaining". Asking for 3 bites then she gets a bite or something else. Asking for 3 bites then she gets something else. It has worked... she LOVES mushrooms (especially cooked in the pan). So I will use those as a bargaining chip for her to eat "baby trees" (broccoli) and other things like that.

We have tried "bargaining". Asking for 3 bites then she gets a bite or something else. Asking for 3 bites then she gets something else. It has worked... she LOVES mushrooms (especially cooked in the pan). So I will use those as a bargaining chip for her to eat "baby trees" (broccoli) and other things like that.

A dietician suggested the following for me with Nezzy when she went through a phase like this:

1.) Offer only healthy and variety of foods, nothing else, no 'goodies'.2.) Allow her to 'make her own plate'.3.) Always have something on hand (like veggies) and just offer every time you eat and in between meals.

The idea I think is that eventually, if hungry, they will eat anything?

A dietician suggested the following for me with Nezzy when she went through a phase like this:

1.) Offer only healthy and variety of foods, nothing else, no 'goodies'.2.) Allow her to 'make her own plate'.3.) Always have something on hand (like veggies) and just offer every time you eat and in between meals.

The idea I think is that eventually, if hungry, they will eat anything?

Eliminate the junk food. Gage is a horrible eater and always had been so i had to cut all junk out. i told the sitter no junk either. He has improved, but is still very picky atleast this way when he does it it's healthy. I would ask you parents to get on board too.

Eliminate the junk food. Gage is a horrible eater and always had been so i had to cut all junk out. i told the sitter no junk either. He has improved, but is still very picky atleast this way when he does it it's healthy. I would ask you parents to get on board too.

Your friends name is spelled just slightly different (Nadezhda) where our is (Nadezdha).

The spelling we choose is Chech Rromany, but extremely close to the Russian spelling and they both mean the same "Hope". His grandmother and great aunt helped us in picking it out because of the meaning. It was also to honor his great grandmother who was lost in the Holocaust.

Your friends name is spelled just slightly different (Nadezhda) where our is (Nadezdha).

The spelling we choose is Chech Rromany, but extremely close to the Russian spelling and they both mean the same "Hope". His grandmother and great aunt helped us in picking it out because of the meaning. It was also to honor his great grandmother who was lost in the Holocaust.

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